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socket.gethostb yaddr problem

hi;
I am trying to do some very basic socket programming and i get the
following error. Any help will be appreciated:

Code:
import socket
x = socket.gethostb yaddr("www.goog le.ca")

return an error: socket.herror: (1, 'Unknown host')

I tried replacing the web URL with an IP address on the net, on my LAN and
it does not work. It only works with "localhost" which is not very
useful. Am using Python 2.3.4 if that matters.

any direction will be great

moe smadi

Sep 18 '05 #1
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Mohammed Smadi wrote:
hi;
I am trying to do some very basic socket programming and i get the
following error. Any help will be appreciated:

Code:
import socket
x = socket.gethostb yaddr("www.goog le.ca")

return an error: socket.herror: (1, 'Unknown host')


You're using the wrong method.
socket.gethostb yname("www.goog le.ca")

'66.102.9.147'
--Irmen
Sep 18 '05 #2

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